On March 26, ASCRS along with the Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS), and the American Society of Retinal Surgeons (ASRS) submitted comments to CMS in response to the Agency’s request for input on its intention to design, develop, and implement a survey regarding patient experiences, including satisfaction and outcomes, with respect to surgical services provided by ASCs and hospital outpatient departments (HOPD). The ophthalmology organizations offered a number of insights and recommendations, including that the financial and administrative burdens associated with administering the survey be as modest as possible, a limited set of questions/topics to be encompassed by the survey, and urged CMS to adopt a program that will facilitate direct comparison by consumers of the patient surgical experience by consumers in the ASC vs. the HOPD.